公司英语对话[完美打印版].docVIP

商务英语 Lesson 1： Getting Started 成立公司  W:Lets review our start-up plans. When do you think we will be able to move into our new office? L:Well, we can move in any time after July first, but moving in and actually getting started are two different things. W:Good point. Anyway, I have our new marketing manager, Helen Parker, helping us get set up. L:What is she doing? W:Shes overseeing the purchase of equipment and so forth. L：Does she have a background in that sort of thing? W：As a matter of fact, it turns out she practically ran her last company, from marketing to finance. L:Im looking forward to meeting her. W:Have you begun to investigate factories? Im so glad we arent going to try to run our own factory at first. L:Yes, Ive started. And Ive found some good people for R and D, too. Then there are the art people designing our logos- W:Oh, no! Millions of details: logos, slogans, letterhead, name cards . . . L:You thought setting up a company was going to be easy? W：我们再看一遍我们的初步计划。你想什么时候我们 可以搬进新的办公室？ L：七月一号之后我们随时可以搬进去，不过搬进去和 实际开始工作是两回事。 W：说得好。无论如何，我会要我们新任的市场经理， 海伦_派克帮忙我们打点一切。 L：她是做什么的？ W：她监督机器设备的采购等等。 L：她有那方面的背景吗？ W：事实上，她上一个公司从行销到财务，实际上都是 她在运作的。 L：我期待认识她。 W：你开始调查工厂了吗？我很高兴我们没有先试图设 立自己的工厂。 L：是的，开始了。我也替研发部门找了些好人才。然 后有一些美术人员设计我们的商标—— W：噢，天哪！有好多的细节：商标，标语，信头，名 片…… L：你觉得创立一间公司会容易吗？  Lesson 2： Quality Control 品管  L：Were having some quality-control problems, Jim. We need to go to the source to work them out. J:What problems are you having, exactly? L:The complaint rate for our new product line is very high, almost seven percent. J:Thats high. L:Yes. We keep finding problems when testing the boards. J:But your promotional materials claim the boards are the least expensive of their type on the market. L:The least expensive, but still fully functional. And we think that your factory needs to take measures to improve quality control. J:That will involve additional expenses for us, which well have to pass on to you as a rate hike. L:Im afraid thats unacceptable. You